Exercise 2 – C02 (A Legacy of the Propaganda: The Tripartite View of Philippine History)

The three propagandists of the Filipino revolution, all have the same goal; freeing the

Filipinos of oppressive rule of the Spaniards. They believe that Philippines can attain its

freedom, by legal way (Rizal), or by force. The three propagandists sought to spark the Filipino’s

sense of nationalism, but all of them had their unique ways in fighting. They all had worked in

tandem with one another, but their ideals, style, and technique are what separates them from the

rest, and themselves.

Jaena believes that the indigenous Filipinos already has an identity for itself, even before

the Spaniards came to colonize the country. Evidences of that claim had been found and his

statements only strengthen the fact. Jaena believes that the country could’ve developed faster

without the Spaniards interfering with their development. Del Pilar also believed in Jaena’s

statement, pointing out to the fact that Filipinos are doing better at their own time, in comparison

to the 3 centuries of Spaniard rule. Rizal would be working alongside them both, but has a

different approach. Jaena would be working alongside Del Pilar, while Rizal focuses on his

literature works.

Rizal attempted to look at the future, that if the Filipinos can’t coexist with the

Spaniard’s, they will likely fight back, and that war is inevitable that way. Through an

organization called La Liga Filipina, Rizal seeks to make the Philippines a province of Spain to

actively avoid bloodshed. He’d also awake the nationalistic mindset of Filipinos using his cryptic

and vague literary works, and the two most notable being Noli Me Tangere, and El

Filibusterismo. Jaena sparked revolution onto the hearts of the Filipinos, by means of more

vague writings and organizations. The newspaper La Solidaridad was the main medium of this,

with Del Pilar’s funding the operations because of lack of funds. Declared as The Father of
Philippine Journalism, with around 150 essays and 66 editorials, Del Pilar focused more on

writing for the La Solidaridad.

They all fight for the same cause, but they definitely have their own focuses, which

ultimately led to the Philippine’s victory.